Thanks, Kevin and Ignasi. Each year seems to become more compressed. The urgency associated with their request --8-10 weeks away from the event-- indicates a bit of a scramble going on.
OK, I'll confirm that this is a "sorry, no" for 2019 and move on. Kind regards, Sally - - - Vice President Marketing & Publicity Vice President Sponsor Relations The Apache Software Foundation Tel +1 617 921 8656 | s...@apache.org On Wed, Apr 24, 2019, at 07:21, Kevin A. McGrail wrote: > Yeah, next year I will submit a cfp and maybe we can get an earlier notice > for the ebook and others. This year just seemed very compressed and I would > like to help their efforts more. > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2019, 03:52 Ignasi Barrera <n...@apache.org> wrote: >> Given that there has been no feedback in the other thread apart from mine, >> I think we are not going to be there this year. >> >> The event has a clear focus on business and open source is becoming kind of >> a marketing vehicle for them. As I said before if this event becomes a >> truly relevant one, I think it would make sense for us to be there and >> share our vision on open source, but it is still far from being there. >> There is still some value in being there sharing our vision and explaining >> what the ASF is, as there was quite a lot of people coming to the booth in >> the past editions, but I don't think it is worth the effort for a single >> person given how the event is shaped today. At least I don't see _just >> myself_ the entire day staying at the booth answering "why is the ASF in >> this event?" and similar questions. >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, 22 Apr 2019 at 12:16, Sally Khudairi <s...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> > Hello ComDev-ers --I hope you are all well. >> > >> > Can someone please confirm if we will be participating at OpenExpo Europe >> > this year? I don't see it listed at http://community.apache.org/calendars/ >> > (I might be looking in the wrong place) >> > >> > They are asking me (again) about cross promotion, and I won't be getting >> > involved unless we're at the event. Do we plan on speaking? Having a >> booth? >> > >> > Many thanks, >> > Sally >> > >> > - - - >> > Vice President Marketing & Publicity >> > Vice President Sponsor Relations >> > The Apache Software Foundation >> > >> > Tel +1 617 921 8656 | s...@apache.org >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org >> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org >> > >> >
